中国乡村留守老人在防疫时期公共卫生观念的冲突与妥协

Conflict and Compromise Between the Individual Memory of Rural Elderly and Idea of Public Health in COVID-19 Epidemic

偏远乡村的媒介实践与生活空间,型塑了留守老人有关疫病的卫生观念和记忆。疫情防控期间,公共卫生观念的宣传与子女通过手机频繁互动,无形中将老人们卷入这场公共卫生行动中。固有的观念偏见与记忆差异,致使他们在对待防疫行动上出现观念冲突和行为对抗,他们被认为是公共卫生秩序的“破坏者”。冲突过后留守老人所选择的妥协与认同,不仅是融入社会避免被嫌弃和隔离,而且是满足自身情感需要对子女代际支持的回应。

The media practice and living space in remote villages shape the health concepts and memories of diseases among the left-behind elderly. During the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control, the promotion of public health concepts and frequent interaction with their children through mobile phones have invisibly involved the left-behind elderly in the public health action. Inherent prejudices and memory differences lead to conflicts of ideas and behavior in the treatment of epidemic prevention, and they are regarded as the“destroyers”of public health order.The compromise and identity of the left-behind elderly after the conflict is not only to integrate into the obedient society to avoid being abandoned and isolated, but also to meet their emotional needs and respond to their children’s intergenerational support.